Lawrence Jewish Community Center

Who We Are:

The Lawrence Jewish Community Center (LJCC) was founded in 1954 by a small group of Jewish families living in the Lawrence, Kansas area. Jewish business people were a presence in Lawrence from the beginning of the twentieth century. Prior to 1954, there had been no place of worship for Jews, and today LJCC is still the only one.


Students enjoy community seder at the LJCC

The LJCC serves as a synagogue and a center for Jewish life in Lawrence. We provide weekly Friday night Shabbat services as well as holiday services and celebrations. All services begin at 7:45pm except the monthly early service, which begins with a wine and cheese reception at 5:45pm, a 30-minute service at 6:15pm, and an optional restaurant dinner afterwards. Community-led Friday Shabbat services beginning at 7:45pm are followed by an Oneg Shabbat, with refreshments and socializing. Our services are in both Hebrew and English, and our congregation really enjoys singing. We are an egalitarian congregation, and we alternate use of Reform, Conservative, and Resconstructionist prayer books, depending on service leaders.

The LJCC offers Religious School instruction for children, preschool through confirmation, and we offer excellent family education activities as well as interfaith outreach activities. We provide numerous social action and cultural events, special classes, guest speakers, a variety of programs, and our annual Blintz Brunch the first Sunday in November.

Membership, required for families sending children to religious school, includes the following benefits: use of facilities for Jewish life cycle events and group meetings; High Holiday parking privileges; admission to all lectures, films, and special events; cemetery burial rights; and ability to vote on important policies, such as rabbinical services, at the annual meeting. Our dues are based on a percentage of gross income. The percentage is 1.5%. Single-parent families and new members for the first year are 1%. Associate Membership for those who live outside of Lawrence or pay dues to another congregation is $216 per year. For special circumstances, contact the Treasurer

The LJCC gift shop offers a full selection of menorahs, mezuzahs, candles, ritual items, Israeli jewelry, books and children’s items and is open Friday evenings before and often after services as well as by appointment.

The LJCC also owns and maintains the B'nai Israel Cemetery, which contains graves of Jews dating back to the settling of the Kansas Territories in the 1850s. LJCC members in good standing have burial rights in the cemetery.
Enrollment for 2008-2009:

Click on the links below to download a Microsoft Word format or .pdf format of the 2008-2009 Religious School enrollment forms. Religious School fees are $250 per child and $150 for each additional child. If you are interested in attending the LJCC Religious School, please contact Danielle Price at ljccschool@sunflower.com .

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